No, it's not Sima - that would be a bit premature as Christmas is still 332 days away! I'm without any recent pictures or video's as a write this, so thought it best to find a picture of what Sima will look like at Christmas. Well, we did do the same to Luca at Christmas 2007, so I see no reason why we can't similarly mentally scar the pup!
And referring to our mentally scarred child (no, not really, he doesn't remember and we won't show him the pictures until he brings his first girlfriend home), Luca's a little better but still has some way to go. He woke this morning coughing, and again didn't eat much of his breakfast. His toes seem much better however, so there are improvements showing.
I took Sima out for another walk last night, accompanied by Isis for the first time in a week. Sima's still having trouble with her nerves, hence the reason recently to take her out and concentrate on her alone. Although hardly a metropolis, there is always traffic on the roads in Inverurie, and she cowers and refuses to move if it gets too heavy. Unfortunately last night I got my timings wrong! I took the dogs out late enough for what (I hoped) would be a quiet time of night. The problem was, I hadn't remembered that the local football side had a Scottish Cup match against Premier Division oponents - possibly the biggest game in their history! Of course we stepped onto the roads just as the game finished and 2500 supporters, on foot and in cars, roared alongside us. Obviously Sima almost (literally) defecated herself, while Isis acted in the opposite way and just wanted to say hello to everyone. Still, we managed to draw away from the main thoroughfair eventually, and to look at things pragmatically it was a test which Sima passed - in a fashion.
Just for the records, the Loco's (our local side) lost the game three nil.
The UK is going through an unnaturally late snowy season just now, with conditions extremely bad in certain areas. All buses in London city were cancelled yesterday, the first time in modern history. However, we must be relatively protected, as Inverurie and Dyce (where I work) haven't been too badly affected. We're getting regular blizzards, but sleet seems to prevent the snow from hanging around too long. Weather reports indicate that it will have cleared by the time Liz travels up to stay with us next week though.
I will post another entry tonight, as I have a video of Luca in the house misbehaving as he drinks his evening bottle. He mentions almost all of our families (Max, Braeden, etc) so it's worth seeing. When viewed though, please pretend to ignore his pronunciation of his Aunt Lucy's name however....
**Useless fact of the day - The lead singer of popular 80's/90's band "Faith No More" (they did the huge selling cover of "Easy". Remember it? It go's "Oooooooh, it's why I'm easy, yeah, yeah yeah yeah, easy like Sunday morning, yeaaahhhh) is renowned for his hotel "antics". When staying in hotels on tour, he has a bad habit of unscrewing the rooms hairdryer, having a "number 2" in it and screwing it back up. For the next guest to enjoy as they dry their hair...**
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